the silence from anyone vis a vis one of the early towns that attempted anti immigrant laws reversing their position is amusing. if the results on a small scale hurt so bad so quick what do you guys emote a large scale application will do?
Any change in circumstances brings economic swirl. There will always be a period of time when re-action lags action.
Also, it is not surprising that those who benefited most from illegals (employers of illegals and those merchants who catered to them) make more noise than those who were hurt by the illegals' presence. Two factors are involved:
1. Concentrated benefits and dispersed costs of illegals
2. Reportage of crimes by illegals that did NOT happen as a result of their recent absence is notoriously scarce
The thing about illegal aliens is the relatively small amount their labor actually contributes to our economy. For instance, the cost of the labor that goes into agricultural produce with a heavy illegal presence is dwarfed by the sales tax paid on those goods by the end user. Giving illegals the boot and doubling the cost of labor would barely be felt by Joe T. Consumer.
Oh, and one more thing:
c-daddy, your 2007-09-28, 16:51:55 post left a slime trail on my monitor:
yes but the downsides have to be real. not reprocessed sturmfront drivel
[borat_voice]Nice*! I have to remember that technique. Try to associate those on other side of issue with group of disrepute... Very nice! Would you prefer to be slimed as NAMBLA rag-man, jack booted thug, or puppy-stomper? Oh, I know you are none of those things and do not sympathize with them. That's not point. Point would be triumph in debate by tossing enough --how do you say?--
feces at those on the other side, thereby smearing them and degrading debate venue. High five! It sure is easier than bringing data to the table. Goodbye. Jenqui!
[/borat_voice]If you have any facility with the search function here or at THR, you can find plenty of hard data & analysis documenting the downsides in posts I have made on this topic.
* When reading, imagine the words being read by Borat:
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